I also think acknowledging this and calling out extremists is the first step we take on our side toward healing the divide between the left & the right. Meet them in logical places in one area and they may meet you in logical areas in another.
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Good Lord I couldn't watch that video thu. Look, I do believe its important to respect what ppl wants to be called, BUT I also believe that ppl acting like THAT just don't deserve respect. There's too many nuances to this to just say the trans woman was in the right. They weren't.
It looked like they were seeking a reason to blow up & destroy property (from what I seen) & even if the employee got it wrong twice, theres always the option of politely reminding. Its especially hard to remember if you dont look passing, so be patient & kind about it and they may try to remember.
I'd like to add & clearly that if someone's being polite and the person is deliberately not giving them respect for what they wish to be called then it just makes them an asshole. But I dont think that's what going on here.
If I tell you my name is fred but u REALLY think I look like a bob, you don't have permission to call me Bob, but I also don't have permission to disrupt everyone's day in public and smash a display because you called me Bob.
Yeah that does not say you said, "dont hire poc" doesnt even imply it. You did misunderstand purposefully.
It means youre pissed that poc are getting the same opportunities white people are. That poc arent being passed over just because theyre colored. Yknow, because youre racist.
you're even saying it yourself here, that DEI = POC. it literally doesn't, and that's where you're really fucked in the head. DEI is meant to help POC on paper(in practice it's actually just racism towards whites), but is it *not* POC.
Except im not. You may have misspoke and fucked up. But you saying "dei is bad because its racist to white people" is bullshit. Giving minorities the same opportunities as majorities is not bad.
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It means youre pissed that poc are getting the same opportunities white people are. That poc arent being passed over just because theyre colored. Yknow, because youre racist.
DEI is very bad, it's racist, and saying that does not = i'm pissed that they're getting the same opportunities.